Valentine’s Day options

Still undecided where to take the significant other in your life this Valentine’s Day? Downtown has a few options. Of course, you’ll need to squeeze in dinner, too; read the Taste section’s round-up of restaurant specials.

Aphrodite!

Speaking of aphrodisiacs, who needs oysters, chocolates and champagne when you have Aphrodite, the goddess of love herself in the … marble? This week, girlfriend’s ending her run in the exhibit “Aphrodite and the Gods of Love” at the San Antonio Museum of Art.

The exhibit’s big goodbye bash, “Last Night of Love: A Farewell Celebration for Aphrodite and the Gods of Love,” is 7 p.m.-midnight Saturday. And there’s no shortage of amorous activities: poetry readings by Gemini Ink, a cappella by Voci de Sorelle, salsa lessons, art making, a scavenger hunt, tours of the exhibit, and DJ/dancing in the Great Hall beginning at 9 p.m. Folks are highly encouraged to dress the “color of love.” Light appetizers, cash bar and food trucks on Jones Avenue. Tickets, $10 members and $15 nonmembers, are available by visiting SAMA’s website.

There are also two hour-long Aphrodite gallery talks 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, 11 a.m. Sunday at the museum.

The Rape Crisis Center, P.E.A.C.E. Initiative and The Battered Women and Children’s Shelter offer this dance-themed event to help raise awareness on violence against women. Internationally, it’s called One Billion Rising. Here in S.A., they’re calling it the San Antonio Two Step. It begins at 5 p.m. with a dancewalk (which, I’ve been told, is exactly what it sounds like) around downtown, followed by a hula hoop jam, flashmob and three food trucks at 8 p.m. Thursday all at HemisFair Park.

Also, Synergy Studio and Southtown Yoga LOft will be offering free classes all day Thursday.

Take your date to a movie! “When Harry Met Sally” will be screened at dusk Valentine’s Day at the Arneson River Theatre. Admission is free. Beer and wine tastings. Latin sounds by James Martin and Medianoche. Jason Dady’s Duk Truck and Sugar Queen Sweets will provide the munchies. A photo booth will be available so that you capture the evening forever and ever.

Mass weddings will be offered for free on the steps of the Bexar County Courthouse on Valentine’s Day. The first ceremony is scheduled for 12:01 a.m. Daytime ceremonies are at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.